Housing

A group of homeless and housing insecure mothers made national headlines after occupying a vacant home in West Oakland. Podcast hosts CalMatters’ Matt Levin and The Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon discuss why Moms 4 Housing was so successful and ask them where they go from here.

Options for addressing the state's most pressing social problem  range, at best, from limited to imperfect. What would you choose?

Homelessness has shot to the top of concerns for California voters.  A new poll finds nearly a third want homelessness or housing to be the state's focus.

Each year, the Fresno County Department of Social Services spends over a million dollars to house families in motels. Motel vouchers, good for two weeks at a time, are like a golden ticket for families with nowhere else to go. For many residents on the verge of homelessness, motels are often their last chance at […]

Recommendations by Gov. Gavin Newsom's task force on homelessness in California call for a legally enforceable 'mandate to end homelessness' on the November ballot, echo the governor's request for more funding and call for a homelessness czar. 

CalMatters' Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon interview Sen. Wiener on how much Senate Bill 50 has changed over the past three years, and whether sweeping new amendments to the bill will actually work.

Sen. Scott Wiener's SB 50 is back with more local control for the cities and suburbs that twice helped sink it. Will the third time be the charm?

New California laws explained in 60 seconds. Ring in 2020 by learning about California's new do's and don'ts, and how they will affect us all.

California's most vexing issue is also its most shameful: the large and rising number of residents who lack a safe place to call home. Here's what you need to know about the problem — and possible solutions.

A new California law will protect about 8 million Californians from dramatic rent hikes, and from certain evictions that lack “just cause” when a lease is no longer in effect. As of Jan. 1, some landlords will be able to increase rents by 5% plus the rate of inflation (typically 2%-3%). They also will have […]